Personal Protection: Bulletproofing Your Book Bag
BY Herschel Smith4 years, 5 months ago
Rifle rounds are very hard to defend against, but it’s interesting to note that the 5.56X45 did a little better at penetrating than the 7.62X39.
Rifle rounds are very hard to defend against, but it’s interesting to note that the 5.56X45 did a little better at penetrating than the 7.62X39.
On June 11, 2020 at 10:10 pm, Ron Milliken said:
smaller projectile traveling at a much higher velocity – no surprise that it penetrates better
there’s a youtube somewhere I watched where the guy is shooting an AR500 armor plate.
M855 bounces off from 14.5″ barrel
M193 bounces off from 14.5″ barrel
M193 pokes a cute little hole from 20″ barrel
reason?
about 300 more fps as I recall
[this is from my 63 year old recollection}
I’ll look for it and post a linky